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2005 Wimbledon Championships


FieldValue
date20 June – 3 July 2005
edition119th
categoryGrand Slam (ITF)
draw128S / 64D / 48XD
prize_money£10,085,510
surfaceGrass
locationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
venueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
champmsSUI Roger Federer
champwsUSA Venus Williams
champmdAUS Stephen Huss / RSA Wesley Moodie
champwdZIM Cara Black / RSA Liezel Huber
champxdIND Mahesh Bhupathi / FRA Mary Pierce
champbsFRA Jérémy Chardy
champgsPOL Agnieszka Radwańska
champbdUSA Jesse Levine / USA Michael Shabaz
champgdBLR Victoria Azarenka / HUN Ágnes Szávay
champwcmdFRA Michaël Jeremiasz / GBR Jayant Mistry

SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom

The 2005 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 119th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 3 July 2005. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Roger Federer successfully defended the men's singles crown defeating Andy Roddick in the final for the second consecutive year. Maria Sharapova was unsuccessful in her 2004 title defence, being defeated in the semifinals by eventual champion Venus Williams. Williams and Lindsay Davenport played the longest women's final in history.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Senior points

Men's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles
1000700450250
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650456292162
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Prize distribution

The total prize money for 2005 championships was £10,085,510. The winner of the men's title earned £630,000 while the women's singles champion earned £600,000.

**Mixed doubles ***£90,000
  • per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

SWI Roger Federer defeated USA Andy Roddick, 6–2, 7–6(7–2), 6–4

Women's singles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

USA Venus Williams defeated USA Lindsay Davenport, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 9–7

Men's doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

AUS Stephen Huss / RSA Wesley Moodie defeated USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3

Women's doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

ZIM Cara Black / RSA Liezel Huber defeated RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / FRA Amélie Mauresmo, 6–2, 6–1

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

IND Mahesh Bhupathi / FRA Mary Pierce defeated AUS Paul Hanley / UKR Tatiana Perebiynis, 6–4, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

FRA Jérémy Chardy defeated NED Robin Haase, 6–4, 6–3

Girls' singles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

POL Agnieszka Radwańska defeated AUT Tamira Paszek, 6–3, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles

USA Jesse Levine / USA Michael Shabaz defeated AUS Sam Groth / GBR Andrew Kennaugh, 6–4, 6–1

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles

BLR Victoria Azarenka / HUN Ágnes Szávay defeated NZL Marina Erakovic / ROM Monica Niculescu, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–0

Other events

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles

FRA Michaël Jeremiasz / GBR Jayant Mistry defeated AUS David Hall / AUT Martin Legner, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. SUI Roger Federer (champion)
  2. USA Andy Roddick (final, lost to Roger Federer)
  3. AUS Lleyton Hewitt (semifinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  4. ESP Rafael Nadal (second round, lost to Gilles Müller)
  5. RUS Marat Safin (third round, lost to Feliciano López)
  6. GBR Tim Henman (second round, lost to Dmitry Tursunov)
  7. ARG Guillermo Cañas (withdrew)
  8. RUS Nikolay Davydenko (second round, lost to Jonas Björkman)
  9. FRA Sébastien Grosjean (quarterfinals, lost to Andy Roddick)
  10. CRO Mario Ančić (fourth round, lost to Feliciano López)
  11. SWE Joachim Johansson (third round, lost to Fernando González)
  12. SWE Thomas Johansson (semifinals, lost to Andy Roddick)
  13. ESP Tommy Robredo (first round, lost to Fernando Verdasco)
  14. CZE Radek Štěpánek (second round, lost to Andy Murray)
  15. ARG Guillermo Coria (fourth round, lost to Roger Federer)
  16. ARG Mariano Puerta (first round, lost to Lars Burgsmüller)
  17. ESP David Ferrer (first round, lost to Guillermo García López)
  18. ARG David Nalbandian (quarterfinals, lost to Thomas Johansson)
  19. GER Tommy Haas (first round, lost to Janko Tipsarević)
  20. CRO Ivan Ljubičić (first round, lost to Jürgen Melzer)
  21. CHI Fernando González (quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  22. SVK Dominik Hrbatý (second round, lost to Gaël Monfils)
  23. ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round, lost to Roger Federer)
  24. USA Taylor Dent (fourth round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  25. GER Nicolas Kiefer (third round, lost to Roger Federer)
  26. ESP Feliciano López (quarterfinals, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  27. FRA Richard Gasquet (fourth round, lost to David Nalbandian)
  28. CZE Jiří Novák (third round, lost to Max Mirnyi)
  29. CHI Nicolás Massú (second round, lost to Justin Gimelstob)
  30. SWE Robin Söderling (first round, lost to Igor Andreev)
  31. RUS Mikhail Youzhny (fourth round, lost to Fernando González)
  32. ITA Filippo Volandri (first round, lost to Wayne Arthurs)
  33. BEL Olivier Rochus (second round, lost to Max Mirnyi)

Women's singles

  1. USA Lindsay Davenport (final, lost to Venus Williams)
  2. RUS Maria Sharapova (semifinals, lost to Venus Williams)
  3. FRA Amélie Mauresmo (semifinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  4. USA Serena Williams (third round, lost to Jill Craybas)
  5. RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarterfinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  6. RUS Elena Dementieva (fourth round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  7. BEL Justine Henin-Hardenne (first round, lost to Eleni Daniilidou)
  8. RUS Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  9. RUS Anastasia Myskina (quarterfinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
  10. SUI Patty Schnyder (first round, lost to Antonella Serra Zanetti)
  11. RUS Vera Zvonareva (second round, lost to Květa Peschke)
  12. FRA Mary Pierce (quarterfinals, lost to Venus Williams)
  13. RUS Elena Likhovtseva (fourth round, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
  14. USA Venus Williams (champion)
  15. BEL Kim Clijsters (fourth round, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  16. FRA Nathalie Dechy (fourth round, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  17. SCG Jelena Janković (third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  18. FRA Tatiana Golovin (first round, lost to Alona Bondarenko)
  19. SCG Ana Ivanovic (third round, lost to Mary Pierce)
  20. SVK Daniela Hantuchová (third round, lost to Venus Williams)
  21. ITA Francesca Schiavone (first round, lost to Kristina Brandi)
  22. ITA Silvia Farina Elia (third round, lost to Elena Likhovtseva)
  23. JPN Ai Sugiyama (first round, lost to Roberta Vinci)
  24. JPN Shinobu Asagoe (first round, lost to Magdalena Maleeva)
  25. CRO Karolina Šprem (first round, lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn)
  26. ITA Flavia Pennetta (fourth round, lost to Mary Pierce)
  27. CZE Nicole Vaidišová (third round, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
  28. USA Amy Frazier (first round, lost to Mashona Washington)
  29. FRA Marion Bartoli (second round, lost to Rika Fujiwara)
  30. RUS Dinara Safina (third round, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  31. ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round, lost to Katarina Srebotnik)
  32. FRA Virginie Razzano (second round, lost to Cara Black)

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Men's singles

  1. USA James Blake
  2. GBR Alex Bogdanovic
  3. GBR Josh Goodall
  4. GBR Alan Mackin
  5. GBR Jonathan Marray
  6. GBR Andy Murray
  7. AUS Mark Philippoussis
  8. GBR David Sherwood

Women's singles

  1. GBR Elena Baltacha
  2. ZIM Cara Black
  3. GBR Sarah Borwell
  4. GBR Amanda Janes
  5. GBR Anne Keothavong
  6. GBR Rebecca Llewellyn
  7. GBR Katie O'Brien
  8. GBR Jane O'Donoghue

Men's doubles

  1. GBR James Auckland / GBR Dan Kiernan
  2. GBR Andrew Banks / GBR Alan Mackin
  3. GBR Richard Barker / GBR William Barker
  4. GBR Alex Bogdanovic / GBR Josh Goodall
  5. GBR Mark Hilton / GBR Jonathan Marray
  6. GBR Andy Murray / GBR David Sherwood

Women's doubles

  1. GBR Elena Baltacha / GBR Jane O'Donoghue
  2. GBR Sarah Borwell / GBR Emily Webley-Smith
  3. GBR Claire Curran / RSA Natalie Grandin
  4. GBR Anna Hawkins / GBR Rebecca Llewellyn
  5. GBR Amanda Janes / GBR Anne Keothavong
  6. GBR Katie O'Brien / GBR Melanie South

Mixed doubles

  1. GBR Jamie Baker / GBR Claire Curran
  2. GBR Jamie Delgado / GBR Amanda Janes
  3. GBR Andy Murray / ISR Shahar Pe'er
  4. GBR Arvind Parmar / GBR Jane O'Donoghue
  5. GBR David Sherwood / GBR Elena Baltacha

Qualifier entries

Men's singles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

  1. ITA Andreas Seppi
  2. FRA Arnaud Clément
  3. SUI George Bastl
  4. GBR Jamie Delgado
  5. USA Jeff Morrison
  6. FRA Antony Dupuis
  7. THA Danai Udomchoke
  8. BEL Gilles Elseneer
  9. CRO Roko Karanušić
  10. BEL Dick Norman
  11. CHL Adrián García
  12. TPE Lu Yen-hsun
  13. ISR Noam Okun
  14. FIN Tuomas Ketola
  15. SCG Novak Djokovic
  16. GER Tobias Summerer

The following players received entry into the lucky loser spot:

  1. USA Justin Gimelstob
  2. ITA Daniele Bracciali
  3. USA Paul Goldstein

Women's singles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying

  1. CZE Kateřina Böhmová
  2. SWE Sofia Arvidsson
  3. USA Ashley Harkleroad
  4. BEL Els Callens
  5. USA Jamea Jackson
  6. USA Meilen Tu
  7. JPN Saori Obata
  8. ITA Mara Santangelo
  9. GER Sabine Klaschka
  10. UKR Kateryna Bondarenko
  11. UKR Julia Vakulenko
  12. BLR Tatiana Poutchek

The following players received entry into the lucky loser spot:

  1. CZE Eva Birnerová
  2. FRA Séverine Beltrame
  3. HUN Melinda Czink

Men's doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles qualifying

  1. FIN Tuomas Ketola / CAN Frédéric Niemeyer
  2. PAR Ramón Delgado / BRA André Sá
  3. SWE Robert Lindstedt / AUT Alexander Peya
  4. AUS Stephen Huss / RSA Wesley Moodie (champions)

The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:

  1. CZE Lukáš Dlouhý / CZE David Škoch
  2. GBR Ross Hutchins / GBR Martin Lee

Women's doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying

  1. AUS Evie Dominikovic / JPN Aiko Nakamura
  2. UKR Alona Bondarenko / RUS Anastasia Rodionova
  3. JPN Rika Fujiwara / JPN Saori Obata
  4. BLR Tatiana Poutchek / BLR Anastasiya Yakimova

The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:

  1. UKR Yuliana Fedak / USA Lilia Osterloh
  2. ARG Erica Krauth / CAN Marie-Ève Pelletier
  3. ROM Edina Gallovits / USA Angela Haynes

Withdrawals

;Men's Singles

  • USA Andre Agassi → replaced by USA Justin Gimelstob
  • ARG Guillermo Cañas → replaced by USA Paul Goldstein
  • ARG Juan Ignacio Chela → replaced by SWE Thomas Enqvist
  • ESP Albert Costa → replaced by AUS Scott Draper
  • USA Mardy Fish → replaced by ESP Albert Montañés
  • ARG Gastón Gaudio → replaced by SCG Janko Tipsarević
  • ARG Edgardo Massa → replaced by GER Björn Phau
  • ESP Carlos Moyá → replaced by CZE Bohdan Ulihrach
  • NED Sjeng Schalken → replaced by ITA Daniele Bracciali
  • ARG Mariano Zabaleta → replaced by CZE Ivo Minář

;Women's Singles

  • RUS Elena Bovina → replaced by CZE Eva Birnerová
  • AUS Alicia Molik → replaced by HUN Melinda Czink
  • ARG Paola Suárez → replaced by FRA Séverine Beltrame

References

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